States With Paid Family Medical Leave

South Carolina state workers will be eligible starting Oct. 1, 2022, for paid time off for the birth, adoption or foster placement of a child. State employees are entitled to six weeks paid leave after giving birth and two weeks paid leave following co-parent’s birth of a newborn child. State employees are also entitled to two weeks paid leave after initial legal placement of a child for adoption or foster care.

On May 10, 2022, Governor John Carney signed the Healthy Delaware Families Act into law. The program will provide eligible Delaware workers job-protected paid leave benefits for up to 12 weeks for parental leave every year and up to a combined six weeks every two years for employees own medical needs, care of family members and military exigency. Except for parental leave benefits, an employee is only eligible for benefits once in a 24-month period. Contributions begin on January 1, 2025, with benefits effective January 1, 2026. Check in regularly to stay up to date as developments in this program occur.

Maryland General Assembly voted to enact Senate Bill 275, the Time to Care Act of 2022 (“Act”), creating a paid family and medical leave program for covered workers in the state of Maryland. Contributions would begin on October 1, 2023, and benefits would be effective January 1,2025, with employees eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid time off to care for their own medical need, care of family members, bonding or placement of a child along with addressing needs related to military deployment. Check in regularly to stay up to date as developments in this program occur